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The Free Market Has Failed U.S. Working Parents
Caitlyn Collins, assistant professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences Amid the grim landscape of the pandemic and the U.S. election, I see one bright light: American parents have finally realized...
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Linguistic Society elects Baugh president
John Baugh, the Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has been elected president of the Linguistic Society of America executive committee, which...
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WashU Expert: Our post-fact reality
President-elect Joe Biden addresses supporters in Atlanta on Oct. 27, 2020. (Photo: Shutterstock) The 2020 presidential election is over. Joe Biden has won. Donald Trump’s vote totals, electoral count...
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Solving for nuclear structure in light nuclei
In nuclei, all the fundamental forces of nature are at play. The dense region at the center of an atom — where the protons and neutrons are found — is a place where scientists can test their...
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Bryan Hall recognized with 2020 Merit Award in Architecture
Bryan Hall and the Forest Park Parkway overpass (Photo: Jim Diaz Photography) The American Institute of Architects (AIA) St. Louis recognized Washington University in St. Louis’ Bryan Hall with a 2020...
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Three Washington University scholars were Rhodes finalists
Two Washington University in St. Louis students and a recent alumnus were finalists for the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. They are: Christopher Taylor Brown, 23, a graduate student studying...
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Secrets of the ‘lost crops’ revealed where bison roam
Blame it on the bison. If not for the wooly, boulder-sized beasts that once roamed North America in vast herds, ancient people might have looked past the little barley that grew under those thundering...
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Stronger memories can help us make sense of future changes
Memory is as much about the future as it is the past. Whether experiencing something new, or something we’ve experienced a hundred times, people use memories of the past to navigate subsequent...
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AAAS names 7 Washington University faculty as 2020 fellows
Seven faculty members at Washington University in St. Louis are among 489 new fellows selected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific...
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Obituary: Roger Phillips, professor emeritus in Arts & Sciences, 80
Roger Jay Phillips, professor emeritus of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Longmont, Colo., after suffering...
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In fire-prone West, plants need their pollinators — and vice versa
2020 is the worst fire year on record in the United States, with nearly 13 million acres burned, 14,000 structures destroyed and an estimated $3 billion spent on fire suppression — and counting. At the...
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Penguin Poets to publish Tran’s debut
“All the Flowers Kneeling,” the debut collection by Paul Tran, a senior poetry fellow in the Writing Program in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will be published by Penguin...
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‘Remember… That Time Before the Last Time’
The cast of “Remember…That Time Before the Last Time” in Edison Theatre. (All photos: Jerry Naunheim Jr./Washington University) It was going to be “Little Shop of Horrors.” But after a year of protest...
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Catalano named mineralogical society fellow
Catalano Jeff Catalano, professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, was elected a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (MSA). The...
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Julia Lindon: Comedian on the rise
Comedian Julia Lindon, AB ’13, crosses effortlessly from writing to television production to podcasting to, most recently, acting and filmmaking. Her latest project, Lady Liberty, is a TV pilot...
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Building better vaccines for the elderly
As human lifespans have gotten longer, certain proteins in our bodies are increasingly prone to take on alternative shapes. These misfolded proteins can ultimately trigger neurodegenerative diseases...
View ArticleA recipe for protein footprinting
Michael Gross, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences and of immunology and internal medicine at the School of Medicine, and his team are experts in footprinting proteins — that is, using...
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Increase in Head Start funding ‘a national priority’
Increased funding for Head Start — the largest federally funded, early childhood development program in the United States — is needed to support families during the COVID-19 recession and to ensure a...
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Student, alum win prestigious road safety award
Delaney (left) and Eisner LFR International, a nonprofit founded by Zach Eisner, a Washington University in St. Louis senior studying biomedical engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering, and...
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Obituary: Garrett Duncan, associate professor in Arts & Sciences, 59
Garrett Duncan, associate professor of education and of African and African American studies, both in Arts & Sciences, at Washington University in St. Louis, died Dec. 8, 2020, at Barnes-Jewish...
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